Astor Piazzolla

Astor Piazzolla

Astor PiazzollaÁstor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. An excellent bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with different ensembles.

Piazzolla's nuevo tango was distinct from the traditional tango in its incorporation of elements of jazz, its use of extended harmonies and dissonance, its use of counterpoint, and its ventures into extended compositional forms. As Argentine psychoanalyst Carlos Kuri has pointed out, Piazzolla's fusion of tango with this wide range of other recognizable Western musical elements was so successful that it produced a new individual style transcending these influences. It is precisely this success, and individuality, that makes it hard to pin down where particular influences reside in his compositions, but some aspects are clear. The use of the passacaglia technique of a circulating bass line and harmonic sequence, invented and much used in 17th and 18th century baroque music but also central to the idea of jazz "changes", predominates in most of Piazzolla's mature compositions. Another clear reference to the baroque is the often complex and virtuosic counterpoint that sometimes follows strict fugal behavior but more often simply allows each performer in the group to assert his voice. A further technique that emphasises this sense of democracy and freedom among the musicians is improvisation that is borrowed from jazz in concept, but in practice involves a different vocabulary of scales and rhythms that stay within the parameters of the established tango sound-world. Pablo Ziegler has been particularly responsible for developing this aspect of the style both within Piazzolla's groups and since the composer's death.

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Total 1763 sheet(s) found, listing between 1140 - 1160.
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Varelas fabiulus (3)
5072d ago
2 Piano, Clarinet Transcription
Calambre fabiulus (3)
5072d ago
2 Piano Transcription
Wonderfull tonight joengine6mp (2)
5073d ago
4 Guitar Original
Ave Maria hallaballussah (7)
5075d ago
4 Piano, Violin Transcription
Oblivion (cello, piano) Gerardo0216 (1)
5075d ago
5 Cello Transcription
Tears In Heaven geoffree (20)
5075d ago
5 Piano Original
Verano porteño angel6409 (64)
5077d ago
7 Piano, Clarinet Original
Libertango - Full Score Eclisse (4)
5077d ago
6 Piano, Cello, Drum, Trumpet, Clarinet, Flute, Vocal, Saxophone, Horn, Bass Original
Estaciones Portenas beethovenjr (4)
5077d ago
114 Piano, Cello, Violin Transcription
songbook sblondie (5)
5078d ago
20 Piano Book
Tears In Heaven Wouteray (1)
5078d ago
5 Piano, Vocal Original
Le Grand Tango lacrymosa15 (7)
5079d ago
8 Cello, Viola Original
Adios Nonino Alet (1)
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8 Piano Other
Tango Apasionado lasbrass (24)
5079d ago
6 Trumpet Transcription
Chris-talin democritus09 (6)
5080d ago
2 Piano Transcription
Michelangelo 70 democritus09 (6)
5080d ago
2 Piano Transcription
Winter democritus09 (6)
5080d ago
28 Piano, Cello Transcription
Xinter democritus09 (6)
5080d ago
28 Piano, Cello Transcription
Romantico democritus09 (6)
5080d ago
3 Piano Transcription
Libertango democritus09 (6)
5080d ago
14 Piano Transcription